About The Word Blowfly
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Blowfly
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What's The Definition Of Blowfly?
[n] large usually hairy metallic blue or green fly; lays eggs in carrion or dung or wounds
Synonyms | Synonyms for Blowfly: blow fly Related Terms | Find terms related to Blowfly: See Also | bluebottle | Calliphora | Calliphora vicina | fly | genus Calliphora | greenbottle | greenbottle fly Blowfly In Webster's Dictionary \Blow"fly`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any species of fly of the genus {Musca} that deposits its
eggs or young larv[ae] (called flyblows and maggots) upon
meat or other animal products.
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